This video explores the provocative idea that the Great Sphinx of Giza was originally carved as a female figure—possibly representing a lioness or goddess rather than a pharaoh. Drawing on oral ...

EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIES/XINHUA CAIRO — Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a sphinx statue they say has "a smiley face and two dimples", near the Hathor Temple, one of the ...

In his first published work of fiction, the British writer and futurist Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) shot to literary ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 B.C.) and identified the names ...

An archaeological dig on the island of Paros, renowned for its marble, has discovered an ancient Greek sculpture workshop.

This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.